Georg Simon ohm
Skyler D. Grable-Gibson
4/28/2014
Engt 120
George Ohm
• Born in Erlangen Germany
– March 16th 1789
• Family
– Johann and Maria
– Had 7 brother and sister
• Only 3 survived
• Ambition was to become a scientist
Favorite Inventor
• Had interest in Alessandro Volta’s invention of
the battery
– Mainly current electricity
Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist
known for the invention of the battery in
the 1800s
More important this man
Georg Simon Ohm
Own Invention
• Ohm’s Law: 1826
– Mathematical relationship among electric current,
resistance, and voltage
– Made his own parts
• Metal wire
– Range of thickness and length
• If the given temperature remains constant the current flowing
through certain conductors is proportional to the potential
voltage across it.
Continued
• Did a lot of experiments
and research on the
nature of electric
circuits
• Accuracy was really
important to Ohm!
– Ohm Discovered
• Distribution of
electromotive force in a
electrical circuit
• Connecting resistance
• Current strength
How Ohms Lived
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Modest living
Only cared about learning/ experimenting
Lived a poverty life
Received no credit for his finding until he was
made director
– Polytechnic School Nuremburg in 1833
Accomplishment
• Received the Copley Medal
• Fun Facts:
– Georg Ohm has a crater on the moon named after
him
Cause of Death Unknown